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Mic Farris Jun 27, 2023

Good —> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/us/politics/supreme-court-state-legislature-elections.html?referringSource=articleShare

Supreme Court Rejects Theory That Would Have Transformed American Elections

The 6-to-3 majority dismissed the “independent state legislature” theory, which would have given state lawmakers nearly unchecked power over federal elections.

The New York Times

Mic Farris Jun 1, 2023

My latest on Thousand Oaks’ move to district elections

https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/2023/05/31/thousand-oaks-change-to-district-elections-is-the-right-move/70266828007/

Guest column: Thousand Oaks' change to district elections is the right move

While Thousand Oaks is the last of Ventura County’s major cities to move to district elections, the change is a welcome one.

Ventura County Star

Mic Farris Apr 6, 2023

This is an incredible pure undemocratic exercise of power in Tennessee.

This is the key issue facing America today. We do have two parties: the Democratic Party and the Anti-Democratic Party.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/06/us/tennessee-house-democrats-expulsion-shooting-gun-control.html?referringSource=articleShare

Tennessee House Ousts 2 Democratic Lawmakers: What to Know

The House voted to expel Representatives Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson. The Republican-controlled chamber fell one vote short of ousting a third lawmaker.

The New York Times

Mic Farris Jan 22, 2023

Marvelous conversation between @garymarcus and @grady_booch on the future of AGI - worth a read…

https://open.substack.com/pub/garymarcus/p/agi-will-not-happen-in-your-lifetime?utm_source=direct&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

AGI will not happen in your lifetime. Or will it?

Grady Booch and I discuss

The Road to AI We Can Trust

Mic Farris Jan 15, 2023

Show thread

Robert Maguire Jan 15, 2023

It appears, according to emails obtained by WaPo, that at least one other investor reached out to Santos—then going by George Devolder—to explain that the Deutsche Bank letter was a fraud.

Despite multiple warnings, Santos stayed at the Ponzi scheme.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/01/15/george-santos-harbor-city-capital/

Harbor City called George Santos a ‘perfect fit.’ The SEC called the company a fraud.

The inside story of the New York congressman and the now-shuttered Florida firm that employed him for more than a year.

The Washington Post

Mic Farris Jan 3, 2023

Something to remember regarding today's House Speaker vote:

In 1994, Republicans won a 41-39 majority in the CA Assembly, but Democrat Willie Brown STILL became Speaker:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/01/25/california-speaker-brown-reelected/996a87c7-d51b-4eb1-9bc9-45db05873f8c/

CALIFORNIA SPEAKER BROWN REELECTED

Washington Post

Mic Farris Jan 2, 2023

Random three-body problem Dec 31, 2022

Initial conditions:
m1=116.1 m2=136.8 m3=107.6 (solar masses)
v1x=0.689 v1y=-3.671 v2x=0.232 v2y=-5.5 v3x=4.926 v3y=-1.137 (km/s)
x1=28.0 y1=32.0 x2=-1.0 y2=-23.0 x3=28.0 y3=-2.0 (AU from center)
Music: Passacaglia (BSG) – McCreary